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Natalie Abrahamian is an undergraduate who is intrigued with neurological and psychiatric apects of the aging society. She plans to attend medical school in the
future, and is preparing to do so by participating and gaining experience at
numerous elderly senior care facilities, children's hospitals, Alzheimer's
nursing homes, etc. Top
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Jim Alejandre has a background in architecture. He is interested in all aspects of aging and gerontology. Top |
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Anna Arabyan is an undergraduate who is interested in hospice care, and geriatric pharmacy. Top |
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Lupe Arevalo is a faculty member at the USC School of Dentistry. She is interested in dentistry for older adults. Top |
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Ayee Azah is an undergraduate student majoring in biology and gerontology. She is premed and hopes to be able to incorporate her love for biology with the field of aging. Top |
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Alyssa Bobman is an undergraduate. She plans to obtain a bachelor of science in human development and aging and a masters of science in gerontology. Alyssa plans to use her skills and compassion to ensure that the aging population has the highest possible quality of life. For her career, Alyssa would like to become an administrator for a retirement community, an advocate in public service, or an occupational therapist. Regardless, she hopes to promote and protect the dignity of older adults.Top |
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Courtney Boer is a second year masters student. Top |
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Kate Buckley is an undergraduate who is interested in working in the health field with the elderly. She is interested in nutrition and fitness and integrating that into aging healthily. Top |
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Christine Cavenaugh is an online masters student. Top |
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Andrea Chin is a first year masters student who seeks to learn more about the cognitive and emotional effects of aging, as well as social/health services delivery for older adults. She would like to be involved in developing supportive programs for caregivers. Top |
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Caroline Cicero is a PhD candidate. Her interests are in fall prevention, age-friendly cities, housing policy and design, and aging and the arts.Top |
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Alexis Coulourides is a second-year masters student who is interested in end-of-life care, and exercise for older people. Top |
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Cindy Cosenzo is an online MAG student. Through her organization, AgeCelebration, Cindy raises awareness about the universality of the Aging experience and works with organizations and corporations to apply intergenerational approaches to services and initiatives.Top |
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Remy Crespo is an undergraduate, senior. Her curiosity to become a gerontology major was sparked while working as a tourguide in her hometown of Avalon. She transferred to USC as a dental hygiene major, but switched when she realized that teeth were not her passion. Now, she works with people who have no teeth. Top |
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Nora Dabuni is a junior who is fascinated by the aging of the baby-boom generation. She hopes to better the lives of older adults by changing policies related to Medicare and Social Security. After completing her degree in Human Development and Aging, Nora plans to begin the Masters program at the Andrus School.Top |
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Sarah Dalton is a 1st year PhD student interested in changes in learning, memory, cognition, and perception across the lifespan, including factors that mediate age-related decline in these areas such as exercise and cognitive training.Top |
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Shieva Davarian is a second-year Ph.D. student who is interested in cognitive decline and functioning in old age and biodemography. Top |
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Asher Davison is a science educator and classical musician turning his attention and personal growth toward lifespan development in modern society. His primary interests are creativity, intergenerational learning, and interactions between them. Top |
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Alexis Denton is a first-year Ph.D. student with a background in architecture. She is in developing new models of senior housing. Top |
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Ayesha Dixon is a first year masters student who wants to learn more about the societal effects of aging, as well as older adult social services, and the Aging Network. Her experience working at a National Aging Organization helped her become even more deeply involved in implementing programs for our seniors. Top |
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Trina Duke is a second-year masters student whose interests include autobiography and reminiscence; and bereavement and end-of-life issues. Top |
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Jessica Froehlinger is a second year dual degree Social Work and Gerontology Masters student. She is interested in working with older adults in the realm of end-of-life care and the development of transportation and fall prevention policies for older adults. Top |
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Sabrina Fung is a junior undergraduate gerontology major interested in social work . She looks forward to the opportunity to work with the elderly overseas in the future. Top
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Krista Garcia is a Ph.D. student. She is interested in population health and geriatric medicine. Top
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Zach Gassoumis is a fourth-year Ph.D. student. His research interests surround economic insecurity in an aging society, including elder abuse. He is planning on pursuing a post-doc after graduation to further postpone any looming career decisions. Top
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Danielle Hall is a Masters student. She is interested in working with older adults in rural areas. Top |
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Mia Hernandez is a second-year MSW/MSG student. She is interested in community organization, public policy, program development and advocacy.Top |
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Shoshana Hindin is a Ph.D. student whose current interests include social-cognitive programming for older adults in the community and in care facilities; lifespan psychology and intergenerational interaction; and public health. Top
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Yuko Kanayama is working on a Certificate in gerontology. She is interested in social services for older people and aging in ethnic groups. One of her favorite books is "Life Lessons" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Top |
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Alice Kim is an undergraduate who is interested in the development of the aging population and its impact on geriatric medicine. Top |
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Han Jung Ko (Kokoro) is a second-year masters student. She is interested in older peoples' perception and values toward death and dying. Top |
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Nichole Kryla-Lighthall is a fourth-year doctoral student and her research focuses on cognition changes in aging. Specifically, her studies look at how physiological responses to stress (such as increased cortisol and alpha amylase secretion) may influence emotional memory and decision making about risky alternatives, and how these relationships may be affected by the aging process. Currently, Nichole is conducting a study using fMRI to monitor brain activation during decision making under stress. Top
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Jeffrey Laguna is a second-year Ph.D. student who is interested in studying all aspects of end-of-life and palliative care. Specific areas of interest include racial and ethnic usage disparities, family support services, grief/loss therapy, and religion at the end of life. Upon graduation, Jeff hopes to become a research-conducting faculty member at a major university. Fight on!Top
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Judith Lee is an undergraduate senior. She has an interest in neuroscience, and has recently changed her major to gerontology, a field that she finds exciting, and filled with opportunities for personal growth and success. Top |
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Jessica Lendon is a third-year Ph.D. student with interests in long-term care/health policy, ageism, caregiving, and Alzheimer's Disease. Top
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Alexandria Levitt is a Masters student. She is interested in media and film, as well as end-of-life counseling and housing. Top |
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Emily Loynachan is a freshman at USC. Majoring in Gerontology on the social science track, Emily also hopes to either major or minor in classical voice at the USC Thorton School of Music and create a music therapy focus. Emily is excited to be a member of SGA and work with the other talented members to sponsor and participate in activities and promote awareness and support for aging. Top
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Cortney Maslyn is a 1st-year MSG student, from Upstate New York in a small town called Painted Post. She went to Syracuse University and received a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology. Her interests are long term care facilities-- mostly nursing homes-- but she is intrigued by the three step facilities- retirement, assisted living and nursing homes on the same campus. One day Cortney would like to own and run her own facility. Cortney has enjoyed her program, and plans to apply her knowledge to make hers one of the best facilities.Top |
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Alexis Mathews is an undergraduate gerontology major who is interested in occupational therapy for older people, and advocacy.Top |
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Sara McCleskey is a Masters student. She is interested in working directly with older adults and their families in the context of geriatric care management and counseling. Top |
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With 2 parents 2 generations older than herself and a 9 year weekly visit to her charity that gives aid, support and meals to diagnosed mentally-ill homeless women, Joan McGregor decided she needed to learn more about helping people, older people in particular, and creating public awareness for their needs and trying to help solve their problems.Top |
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Joohong Min is a first year Ph.D student from Korea.
She is interested in family relationships, and grandparenting. She holds a masters degree in Family Studies. Top |
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Victoria Morris is a first-year masters student. She is interested in continuing her research in areas of end-of-life issues and euthanasia. Top |
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Kaoru Nashiro is a third-year transfer Ph.D. student whose research focus is emotion-memory interaction and decision-making in older adults and early-stage Alzheimer’s patients. She is broadly interested in many aspects of aging including long-term care, fall prevention, biological/neurological changes with age, policy-making, and housing. Top |
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Adria E. Navarro is a fourth year doctoral student. She has social work experience assisting older adults in the transition from hospital to home and facilitated caregiver support groups for Kaiser Permanente, Cal Tech, JPL and Huntington Hospital. Her research is focused on vulnerable older adults: elder abuse, care transitions and legal needs.Top |
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Anna Nguyen is an online MAG student. She is interested in fall prevention, home modification, and how changing behavior strategies can positively affect the interaction of people with their built environment. Top
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Alyson Owyang loves dogs! She is an undergraduate Gerontology major on the pre-vet track, and she hopes to help people no matter what career she ends up in. She also enjoys studying about the acceptance of death and aging. Top |
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Sheeja Cyril Pandarakalam is a first-year masters student who is interested in research related to oral health and aging. She would like to advance her career in dentistry as a geriatric dentist. Top |
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Ashley Phillips is an undergraduate who is interested in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. She is also interested in elder law, and housing issues. Top |
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Nicholas Pisca is a first-year PhD student with interests in global health and aging, and end-of-life care issues.Top |
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Grace Sasaki is a first-year masters student who is interested in neuroscience. She plans to go to Medical School in the future. Top |
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Maria Siciliano is a second year Ph.D. student who is interested in end-of-life care. Top |
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Sara Song is an undergraduate who is interested in aging research. Top |
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Bernard Steinman is a Ph.D. candidate. He works as a research assistant at the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence and is interested in the role of sensory loss in falls. Top
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Barbara Thomas is a first-year online masters student from the Pacific Northwest. She is interested in long-term care policy, and memoir and life review. Top |
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Sarinnapha "Fah" Vasunilashorn is a Ph.D. candidate. She is particularly interested in studying the relationship between early chronic infection, inflammation and physical disability in older adults. Top
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Katie Walker is an first-year masters student who is interested in gerontechnology. In addition, Katie is interested in working in state and national parks to create better trails and facilities for older visitors. Top |
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Kristie Wang is an undergraduate who is interested in geriatric medicine and the overall well-being of the older population. Top |
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Natalie Warrick is a second year Master's student interested in Gerontology and cognitive aging. She hopes to one day become a counselor assisting families who have an alzheimer's afflicted member. Currently, Natalie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area but anticipates returning to her home town of Los Angeles to finish her degree by next year. Top |
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Felicia Wheaton is a second year Ph.D. student who is interested in culture and aging. Top |
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Karlton Wong is a Masters student. He is interested in physical and mental changes that occur as people age. Top |
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Allyson Young is a junior undergraduate who is interested in business and elder law as well as case management. Top |
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Valerie Yuan is an undergraduate premed student who is intrigued by the psychological changes that occur throughout aging. She is also interested in finding ways to incorporate music in the lives of the elderly.Top
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